AROD > Reptiles / Squamata / Gekkonidae / Heteronotia
Prickly geckos
Heteronotia
- Wermuth, 1965
Pronunciation: | 'varied back'.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Etymology: | HET-err-oh-NOH-tee-ah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oviparous - 5 out of 5 Australian species Size range: Smallest Australian species: pale-headed gecko (Heteronotia fasciolatus) at 4.8 cm Longest Australian species: black Pilbara gecko (Heteronotia atra) at 5.85 cm |
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Number of Australian species: | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Ehmann, Harald (1992). Encyclopedia of Australian animals: Reptiles. Angus and Robertson. 495 pp - search web for this book
- Pepper, Mitzy AND Doughty, Paul AND Fujita, Matthew K. AND Moritz, Craig AND Keogh, J. Scott (2013). Speciation on the Rocks: Integrated Systematics of the Heteronotia spelea Species Complex (Gekkota; Reptilia) from Western and Central Australia Species Complex (Gekkota; Reptilia) from Western and Central Australia. PLoS ONE, 8(11):1-17.